by Sam Mintz
Tens of thousands of airline workers will lose their jobs in a matter of days if Congress is unable to break through its gridlock, even though a majority of lawmakers support heading off the looming layoffs for an industry that's been decimated by the coronavirus.
Airline unions have been pleading with Congress for months to extend the Payroll Support Program, a $32… Read more »
by Ripon Advance News Service
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) seek information on how the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are protecting the nation’s biomedical research from foreign influence.
The lawmakers, along with U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), sent separate Sept. 23 letters to NIH Director Dr. Francis… Read more »
by Douglas Clark
Three lawmakers recently forwarded correspondence to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) requesting insight regarding efforts to address foreign biomedical research influence.
Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and… Read more »
by Ripon Advance News Service
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) to bolster the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) on Sept. 21 received approval by the U.S. House of Representatives, which advanced the bill to the U.S. Senate for action.
“I am pleased this bipartisan legislation passed the House, and I encourage my Senate colleagues to move on… Read more »
by Allison Bell
An Affordable Care Act (ACA) universe celebrity told members of Congress Wednesday that health insurance agents help keep commercial health insurance affordable.
Peter Lee, the executive director of Covered California — California’s ACA public health insurance exchange program, or web-based health insurance supermarket — testified at a House hearing that… Read more »
by Michael McCardel, Jason Whitely
Airlines are expected to begin massive layoffs Oct. 1 in what will be another startling jolt to the Texas economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Fort Worth-based American Airlines, for instance, says it will shed 19,000 jobs.
North Texas Congressman Michael Burgess said the economy needs a boost, but he worries about the price tag.
“I… Read more »
Today, Representative Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39) praised the unanimous, bipartisan House passage of the bipartisan Strengthening America’s Strategic National Stockpile Act. Rep. Cisneros joined his Republican and Democratic House colleagues to introduce this legislative package, which would reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of critical medical supplies the country needs… Read more »
by Sarah G. Vilms
This week, the House of Representatives is set to consider H.R. 447, the House Clean Energy Package. Over 150 amendments were offered on the package and today, the House Rules Committee will meet today decide which of those amendments to consider on the House floor. Depending on the outcome of the House Rules Committee meeting, the legislation could be… Read more »
by Sarah G. Vilms and Jacqueline Orfield
On Monday, the White House released its statement of administration policy (SAP) threatening to veto the proposed clean energy package from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4447). Trump Administration policy advisors argued that the legislation would reinstate “big government policies and programs” and “undermine the Administration’s… Read more »
by Mari Serebrov
In a marathon session Sept. 21 in which the U.S. House suspended the rules to vote on more than 50 bills, it passed H.R. 4866, the National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act, along with nine other health-related bills.
H.R. 4866 would amend the 21st Century Cures Act to direct the FDA to designate national centers of excellence… Read more »
